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After a couple fo hours working I'd forgotten that I was testing something and had used the phone for several other things. Even on a couple of occasions making and taking telephone calls. So when I went for a walk down the road I was initially puzzled why my phone was making an alarm sound...

Thanks for the recomendation/prompt. I'm now anchored in the office with a current position 10m away from the anchor at 144deg in the front garden. I'll be testing today and checking I get an alarm when I stray into back garden later but not when i head for the kitchen for coffee! (went for...

I did the F&C about 10 years ago, see my mates write up in Yachting Monthly April 2016. I think we were the last boat to transit East to West before the new sea lock at the Kelpies was opened. Westely Longbow 1.4m draft, didnt touch bottom anywhere, all locks done by Scottish Canals chaps...

I single handed Solent to North Wales year before last and did Newlyn - Dale in one 23hr hit. Still not sure if that was a good idea SH but it did get that bit out of the way and saved me a day diversion into Padstow. However.. time your trip round Lands End for slack water to arrive at the...

Non-boaty but i always use Lithium in my front door lock after finding that alkaline seemed to run down too fast for my liking. Seems to have fixed the issue

I'm no battery testing expert either but more than happy enough with my Amazon bought tester.

Mine was the same. (except I lost some of the surroundy bit) Heatshrink and a car tyre valve cap did the trick. Couple of years now and still working

The admiral recently admonished me for baulking at a DIY job that entailed entering the crawl space under the house. "Er, you dont seem to have a problem with an even smaller space if theres a small volvo engine sitting in the middle of it"

I think mine wont tilt if running reversed. Never tested it though

Self stick. and additional caulking for gaps and edges where necessary was a pu40, only place I could source it in black was toolstation iirc. sort of the process, or 2 minutes 18 seconds you are not getting back:

If its smooth well applied paint then yes, it will stick. If a non-slip I suspect not. I do know that once its been down for 5 minutes or more its staying down! Did mine onto well prepared and chemically clean cockpit seats and hatch covers 4 years ago and no sign of it moving. (or from...

Almost agree, I happened to be on Llandudno North Shore and West Shore when Mrs T and I were out on bikes on Tuesday. Both had a stiff offshore breeze in the late afternoon which I put down to the Orme heating up nicely all day. The track in the pic looks more likely to be Conwy Mountain...

Encouraged by this thread I've today downloaded from Google store the "TideChart" app that also works on my Samsung watch. Shows on the watch what the tide is doing (at a point pleasantly close to my mooring) , when the next HW and LW's are and the moon phase. About £3.50 but I'm quite...

Sorry, insider knowledge, my Samsung A52 has type C

I'm certainly no expert and not tried it myself but this is £11 on Amazon uk.. edit.. £12. must read before posting

K&N was founded by Ken Johnson and Norm McDonald in 1969

I wanted to do the same (B&G V50 with Garmin 451) and bought a NMEA2k kit (from Quark-elec, but I dont think that is relevant) . Best thing ever, turned everything on and it immediatly showed AIS info on the plotter with no faffing about. S

+1 for Gorilla Glue. As well as glueing pads to the (clean) boat roof in similar conditions I've used it for holding up a fence post glued to an adjacent concrete post in lieu of Rawlplugs

My VP2002 makes a very different noise when the cooling water stops flowing, always due to inlet getting blocked for me. (direct cooled) As per Coopec, above, check that first

while I'm here - I rarely invest in an OEM oil filter. But when I do I'd like it to say 'Volvo' at the top when I've spun it on rather than at the bottom